cuomo is busy reading. we'll toss it over to carol. take it away. good morning, carol. >> i will do just that. hey, can i get a copy, too? >> absolutely. not this one. not this one. >> all right. have a great day. thank you so much. "newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello. your government fully open again. your congress slightly less dysfunctional than when you went to sleep. >> the motion is adopted. >> just before the bewitching hour of midnight, lawmakers voted to avert a debt crisis and end the shutdown. any relief is tempered by reality. we will soon be doing this all

over again. before we get to that, first, though, for the first time, we're seeing video of the horror in kenya when terrorists stormed an upscale mall and ruthlessly slaughtered dozens of people. cnn has exclusively obtained some of the surveillance video from the westgate mall. much of what we're about to show you is graphic, frightening and, quite frankly, it is painful to watch. it is not, and i repeat, not suitable for children. please have them leave the room. we are reporting on this video. because there are few opportunities for the public to fully understand the horror inflicted by these terrorists. to see the depravity of the attackers and how these killers showed no hesitation about ending life. cnn's nema albager is nairobi, kenya, this morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. there is absolutely no doubt this is a horrifically difficult watch. what it does do is give us a sense, a window, on what

happened on that first day. it really goes some way to shedding a little bit of light. take a watch, carol. a first look at a nightmare. as cnn has obtained surveillance video of the horrifying moments inside the kenya mall massacre that took at least 67 lives and injured hundreds. watch as unaware shoppers suddenly run for their lives. a wounded man tries crawling to safety. but the gunman returns. outside, helicopters circle. and you can hear the gunfire that's coming from al shabaab attackers combing the hallways. civilians run and crawl to wherever they think they can to survive. some hide in the stairwell. others in stores. a body on the mall floor is shot repeatedly. at a mall restaurant, staff and customers cower behind the counter as a plain clothes

police officer tries to protect them. security cameras on the roof catch attackers walking towards the children's cooking competition. opening fire just beyond the camera's view. in the supermarket, the massacre continues. surveillance video shows the hostage roundup has begun. a mother and her two children push an injured child in a shopping cart. a bloody teenage girl follows. her hands in the air as a gunman points the way. hours later, they're released. back inside, the hostage takers are spotted on the phone. authorities believe they're receiving instructions from outside the mall. one of them appears to be looking for surveillance cameras. and there are even long periods of time where the attackers appear relaxed. at one point, taking turns for prayers. this is just a fraction of the surveillance video recorded. as most of it is too horrifying to broadcast. only the first day of a four-day nightmare for kenya.

what becomes clear when you're watching that, carol, is really just how well prepared and well coordinated these guys were. and how really unflinching they were in what they were intending to inflict. carol? >> nima, how many of these attackers have been taken into custody? >> reporter: none. that's the big issue here. it's three weeks on. we are no closer to understanding how this could have happened. we don't even really know how many people were inside. some government arms say ten. some say 15. we only saw four on that video. on the outside reporting on this at the time, kind of the sense and momentum and the buildup of the kenyan government forces around, you don't get any sense the attackers were in any way even bothered by that when you watch that video, carol. >> just unbelievable. nima albiger reporting live for us this morning, thanks so much.

all right. now back to washington and the 11th hour deal that has reopened the government and averted a debt crisis, at least for now. want to talk winners and losers? neither do i. no winners here. this is a temporary deal. we will be reliving it all in just a few months. here's senator john mccain. >> this was a terrible idea. i told you at the beginning how it was going to end. and we know if they try it again how it's going to end. so hopefully we're not going to do this again, at least not in my lifetime. >> how do you avoid it? >> remember all that talk of a clean bill? well, a closer look shows some pork was thrown into the temporary funding bill. $2.2 billion for a dam project on the ohio river. it flows through the home state of republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. agencies that fight wildfires could get as much as $636 million. colorado could see $450 million to rebuild roads and other projects wiped out by summer

floods. nearly $3 million will chip away at the backlog for veterans benefits. how is that for you? we begin our coverage this morning with jim acosta at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the federal government has been reopened. we see federal governments filing on to the grounds of the white house here all morning. president obama is expected to make a statement on the budget in about 90 minutes from now after a bruising battle with republicans that he barely won. at nearly the last minute. the president is expected to call for bipartisanship here in washington. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: just as the nation was on the brink, the house of representatives blinked. and passed the bipartisan senate compromise to raise the nation's debt ceiling. and after a 16-day shutdown, the federal government will come back to life. from thousands of employees returning to work in washington to critical medical research programs, to national parks, even the panda cam and the national zoo. >> we'll begin reopening our

government immediately. >> reporter: when the end was in sight but before the house had even voted, the president came out to say he's ready to work with both parties in the future. >> i'm willing to work with anybody. i am eager to work with anybody. democrat or republican, house or senate members, on any idea that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen the middle class and get our fiscal house in order. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner gave the green light for the deal when he dropped gop demands for big changes to obama care in exchange for an end to the standoff. >> we've been locked in a fight over here trying to -- trying to bring government down to size. trying to do our best to stop obama care. we fought the good fight. we just didn't win. >> reporter: even some tea party backed republicans agree strategy fail zbld the folks who said we were going to lose turned out to be correct. i can't argue with that. >> reporter: in a sign of potentially more battles to come, one of the architects of the obama care or bust plan, texas senator ted cruz, vowed to keep fighting. >> the way we are going to stop the suffersuffering, the harms

are being visited on millions of americans the path we have seen this past couple of months. the american people rising up. >> reporter: cruz may get his wish. the deal only reopens the government until mid-january and pushes back another potential default to february. the president told cnn not to worry. >> mr. president, isn't this going to happen all over again in a few months? >> no. >> reporter: now, a safety mechanism was built into this legislation that requires both parties to reach an accord on a larger budget agreement that will hopefully prevent another government shutdown in january and a potential default in february. but, carol, at this point, there's no real teeth in that bill that requires lawmakers to do this or else. nothing's going to happen to them if they blow past that deadline. we're going to have to wait and see if that safety mechanism actually works, carol. >> can't wait. so, jim, the ink was barely dry on the budget deal before the senate raced out of town. take a look at this. those calendar days you're going to see in red are when the house

of representatives is out of session. nearly two weeks this month. and off closer to three weeks next month. in december, look at all that red. the house is in session only eight days. shouldn't they start cracking down on the next deal to keep this from happening again? >> reporter: well, some of that is going to start later today from what we understand. some of the top budget conferees are supposed to meet. beyond that, one thing we are hearing is that a lot of lawmakers just want to get back to their districts. even though it might not be a good idea in some of those circumstances because they're not going to be all that popular with the folks back home. so they're going to have some fence mending to do. but, carol, in the real world here in washington, the staffs do a lot of the work on these budgets. and one thing i think we're going to hear from the president in about 90 minutes from now is the president saying that he is willing to do some of the things that democrats don't like. like curbing entitlement spendi spending. that is something the president pledged to talk about before the government shutdown and before we got on the verge of default.

he was basically saying, listen, if you reopen the government, raise the nation's tdebt ceilin, i'm willing to talk about everything. >> we'll hear from the president as you said at 10:35 eastern. of course, we'll carry the president's remarks live. jim acosta reporting live from the white house this morning. thank you. the weeks of maneuvering and bickers have meant long hours and lots of stress for people who work on the edges of congress. those who really do the people's business without fanfare or hidden motives. for one woman, the house stenographer, that stress may have been too much. that's her in the highlighted circle as she marches to the podium. what happens after that is truly sad and admittedly bizarre. >> the constitution would not have been written by freemasons! they go against god. you cannot serve two masters. you cannot serve two masters. praise be to god!

lord jesus christ! >> lawmakers who witnessed the apparent unraveling of their colleague were shaken and baffled. >> i don't know what she was talking about. when the person started screaming i thought it was somebody telling us we had a minute to vote or two minutes to vote, some official person. the sergeant in arms didn't try to stop her. >> because she works there. >> that's where she's situated. she actually went up behind the podium where the president speaks. they thought she was going to hand something to the speaker. all this happened in about ten seconds. i was talking to people afterwards who work with her. said she's perfectly normal, rational person. she seemed to just lose it. >> capitol police told us they were able to talk to a woman before she was take ton a hospital for evaluation. a sad symbol. while the deal is done there is pain all around. some say lasting damage to the reputation of our lawmakers. despite 16 days of a partial

shutdown and an estimated $24 billion cost to our economy, we have yet to hear from any lawmaker who's willing to take responsibility. i'm including the president in that. an offer of apology, maybe? at least one senator, senator ted cruz, is not apologizing. >> we saw the house of representatives take a courageous stand, listening to the american people. that everyone in official washington just weeks earlier said would never happen. that was a remarkable victory to see the house engage in a profile in courage. >> joining me now, olympia snowe, former republican senator of maine, and a senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> thank you so much for being here. senator, perhaps lawmakers need a break after a grueling 16 days. but it is unsettling. they're in session, what, a whopping 18 days of the rest of the year? they have to come up with a new funding bill by january 15th. can they get it done?

>> well, you've underscored a very important point. and i used to argue this in my last years in the united states senate. that we ought to cancel a few recesses. including the one that occurred right after the debt ceiling debacle in august of 2011. because we hardly had done any work during the course of that session. members of the house and the senate should be in session at least five days a week. for at least three weeks. and then have the ability to go home for a week to their constituency. i understand the importance of going home on weekends. but to ultimately only have, you know, 2 1/2 days or 3 days a week in session for the remainder of the year, given all the overarching issues that are affecting americans, and most especially in the aftermath of this devastating shutdown. because it has taken its toll on the average american. it's taken a toll on the american economy, on the ability to create jobs, the uncertainty that results.

you know, it's interesting based on the report in the standard & poors that suggested 900,000 jobs ultimately will be lost as a result of all the uncertainty. i well recall chairman bernanke saying the very same thing. if there hadn't been the kind of uncertainty and polarization of the last few years since 2009, we would have had 6% or 7% unemployment rather than 8% or 9% that characterized the better pat of 40 months. >> by going home to their districts lawmakers are giving the impression that they really don't get that. they don't get their actions have an effect on our economy. that this is just all a game. >> well, that's one of the reasons why i left the senate. because of the partisanship. but also the detachment from the real world of the average person. i used to do main street tours to get the pulse of a community. talk to people. get a sense of what's going on. in fact, at one point i called

the president. i said you should take some main street tours. because, really, people don't understand what's happening on main street in their communities and the impact of what congress does or doesn't do and how that has had enormous implications. we should be far beyond in terms of economic growth and job creation. we have not even gotten back to levels of employment since 2007 when the recession began. let alone the economic growth numbers. this is the worst post-recession recovery in our history. we need to help the average american. america is about sharing opportunities. congress hasn't addressed those issues that are fundamental to creating those opportunities that will result in job creation. >> senator olympia snowe, thanks so much for joining me this morning. >> thank you, carol. still to come in the "newsroom," that 16-day shutdown did cost us dearly. and in a big way. find out how many teachers we could have hired for the chunk of change we lost out on. "newsroom" is back after a break. [ male announcer ] campbell's angus beef & dumplings.

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for now. while lawmakers are congratulating themselves on a rare bipartisan agreement, they're still stumbling from crisis to crisis. the 16-day partial shutdown took a $24 billion chunk out of the u.s. economy. that's enough money to hire 433,000 teachers. standard & poors says that will most definitely slow the pace of our economic growth. zeke miller is a reporter for "time" magazine. thanks for being here. you write we're addicted to crisis governing. if that's true was there no lesson learned here? >> well, right now it's not clear whether or not washington will have learned anything from this. certainly we've heard a number of republicans say that they really don't want to do this again. the president said last night to cnn's brianna keilar that, no, he hopes we really don't have to go through this again in three months. at the same time the underlying dynamics of washington, the reasons, root causes o f this crisis are still there. it remains to be seen whether or

not we're dpoing to go down this path just a few short months from now. >> it is the same group of people, right? it's interesting the overseas markets are not reacting to this government deal enthusiastica y enthusiastically. u.s. futures down about 70 points. down. are we getting to the point the markets will soon just ignore what congress does? >> certainly i think the markets have priced in today's deal. just a few days ago, even last week, thursday, friday, the markets were trending upward. just because they're used to this crisis already. when you hear the president and others in congress and folks in congress say governing from crisis to crisis, everyone, from the american people to the markets, the international markets, are now assuming that that's going to be the case. you know, the markets going down overseas today might not necessarily be a function of this deal in congress. it could be external factors and other reporting measures. but at the same time, you know, the markets certainly would like

some more stability than what they're getting from washington right now. >> zeke miller with "time" magazine, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> sure. still to come in the "newsroom," congress votes. the government reopens. and hundreds of thousands of americans return to work. rene marsh will join us on the morning after. [ dr. pyun ] a lot of healthy food choices are still high in acidic content. if your enamel is exposed to acid and you brush it away, you know, then it's gone. i would recommend that they brush with pronamel. they don't need to cut out those foods but you can make some smart choices. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter.

this morning hundreds of thousand of americans are waking up and heading back to work now that the partial government shutdown is over, temporarily. one of the places back open, national museum. cnn's rene marsh is at the smith soap y sonian this morning. >> reporter: it's good to say d.c. is back up and running again. we can tell you, the smithsonian, national air & space museum you see behind me, the doors will open to the general public in about another 30 minutes from now. it's one of the world's most popular museums. last year alone some 8.2 million people. of course, when this government

shutdown was going on, no one could get inside. that includes workers. we spoke to a couple today that say they're actually happy to walk back through the doors, get back to work today. some 3,500 workers at all of the smithsonian museums, they were furloughed as a result of the government shutdown. of course, that's changed and they're returning today. other signs of progress we've seen around d.c. this morning, at the mlk memorial we saw the barriers coming down. you remember those barriers. they were erected around many of the monuments to keep people out. again, a result of the government shutdown. those came down. also those barriers at the world war ii memorial as well. if you remember, the world war ii memorial kind of became a symbol for the government shutdown in that it was a point of high drama. it kept people out, including veterans, from visiting that memorial. but those veterans made news when they broke through the barriers. in a nutshell here, carol, we are seeing things slowly getting back to normal.

and most of the people we've spoken to today, very happy to say that they can get back to work. >> will they get their back pay? >> reporter: we know that congress has agreed to pay these federal workers for the money that was withheld. they're happy to hear that as well. that those missed days where they were not reporting to work, they will get the pay, carol. >> we're taking a live look at the white house. you can see the doors are open there. back in business. greeting federal workers who were furloughed from the white house. thank you very much. rene marsh reporting live from the smithsonian this morning. still to come in the "newsroom." a fight for the future of the republican party. that could be in the making after the shutdown exposed a rift in the republican party. now some are calling it a gop civil war. we'll talk about that, next. you make a great team.

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all right. let's take another look at this is right outside the white house. that's the president's chief of staff, dennis mcdonough, greeting federal workers as they get to come back to work today after the partial government shutdown ends. of course, the deal to reopen the government and avoid a default is getting a lukewarm reaction from many circles this morning, including from investors. stock futures are actually down ahead of the opening bell. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us more about that. good morning, alison. >> good morning, carol. not a lot of love for this deal this morning. that's despite that 205 point pop on the dow yesterday. global markets mostly lower this morning. what gives? because this debt ceiling deal is temporary. so guess what? we're going to be right back here again in about three months. the same recession warnings. the same downgrade warning. the same risk to social security checks. the same stuff we've been watching happen on capitol hill, we're going to see it happen

again. china is even chiming in. they're one of our biggest foreign debt holders. a chinese ratings agency is already saying even with the band-aids in place the government is still approaching the verge of a default crisis. want a silver lining? the dow gained about 600 points over the past six sessions. look at the s&p 500. it's up 20% this year. usually it's up only 8%. if you've got a 401(k), it's probably not looking too bad right now, carol. >> that is good news. alison kosik reporting live from the new york tostock exchange. a bitter and divisive battle that cast a cloud over congress. not the partial shutdown. the growing rift in the republican party put on display by the shutdown. that's pitting establishment members against their tea party colleagues. and when you ask some republicans what they think of the tea party movement, the response is surprising. a new pew poll is is out. it shows that more than half, half of republicans, view the tea party as a separate and independent group, one that is not part of the republican

party. just 32% say the tea party is part of the gop. cnn political commentator and "new york times" op-ed columnist ross douthad. let's talk a little bit about that pew poll. does it surprise you? >> well, what's interesting is that that number probably includes two groups of people. right? it includes maybe moderate republicans who are angry at the tea party right now over the government shutdown and would like to sort of push tea partyiers out of the gop tent. it also includes a lot of conservatives who identify with the tea party more than with the republican party itself and who would probably hear that question and say, you know, darn straight the tea party isn't part of the republican party. and that's why i'm a proud tea partier. it's a sign of in a way the divisions in the party that both factions can answer the question the same way and mean completely

different things by it. >> i think the pew poll also points this out. members of the tea party, a majority of them do associate themselves with the republican party. >> right. and this is -- the deep reality for the republicans right now is that what they need, somehow, is a kind of synthesis. right? you cannot have a republican party without the base of the party. and the base of the party is mostly the kind of people who identify as tea partiers. but at the same time as i think the shutdown has fairly conclusively demonstrated, this style of right wing populism isn't necessarily very good at strategic thinking right now. and so in the end, the tea partiers needed in a way the sort of d.c. establishment to bail them out of the shutdown that they created. so looking ahead for the party, what you're looking for is a leader. perhaps a presidential candidate, who can somehow knit this coalition back together. that's obviously going to be a difficult thing to do. >> that will be a very difficult

thing to do. speaking of the shutdown, you write about the shutdown. you said, it was an irresponsible, dysfunctional and deeply pointless act carried out by a party that on the evidence of the last few weeks shouldn't be trusted with the management of a banana stand let alone the house of representatives. >> those are strong words when you read them back to me like that. >> really strong words. so should someone be punished for this? and, if so, how? >> well, i don't -- as i suggested, i think the goal for the party is not punishment. it is learning. right? i mean, i think, again, you can't have a situation where the party leadership in d.c. just says, we're going to declare war on the tea party. we're going to declare war on the populous. because you wouldn't have a political party. frankly, there are a lot of specific issues and areas where the populous have a lot to offer. they make good points. they have interesting policy ideas. but on the particular strategic question of whether it made sense to shut down the government in pursuit of

basically unattainable goals, they made a big mistake. i mean, the title of the post that you just quoted was "a teachable moment." i think that that -- for republicans, that's the goal right now. to actually draw the right lessons from this and not come away from it thinking, well, if only we had, you know, fought harder. if only ted cruz had given a few more speeches everything would have turned out differently. >> ross douthat, thanks so much for your insight this morning. >> thanks for having me. still to come in the "newsroom," despite the loss and all the republican infighting, john boehner got a standing ovation last night. so what's next for the house speaker?

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there are plenty of americans still angry about the dysfunction in our government. but sometimes you just got to laugh. or you cry.

we choose laughter this morning. >> and we shouldn't be in a good mood, ladies and gentlemen. as of what, andy, like two hours ago? three hours ago? looks like congress has finally made a deal to reopen the government. now, if you want to know how this affects you, tomorrow the washington zoo panda cam is coming back online. that's what we're going to notice. those pandas got fat. >> for the last week, guess what? in new york city, no murders. oh, no murders. i think it's the government shutdown. but i'm not sure. >> if you're wondering about the panda cam, we just checked. it's still down. give it a few hours, though. this afternoon you can see if the pandas really did get

fatter. back to business, though, and serious stuff. house speaker john boehner admits he lost the fight. many people say he also lost control of house republicans. but despite speculation, republicans are saying he probably will not lose his job. cnn's joe johns has more for you. >> reporter: in the end, republicans came away with almost nothing. yet behind closed doors, speaker john boehner got a standing ovation from colleagues and spoke to a hometown radio station. >> we fought the good fight. we just didn't win. >> reporter: it was hard to find anyone in the gop ranks with a harsh word to say about the man who had led them to defeat. >> i've actually been really proud of speaker boehner the last 2 1/2 weeks. i don't think that he should be ashamed of anything that he has done. >> reporter: public polling shows that boehner and the republican party suffered the most damage. but the early line is that this disaster isn't the speaker's fault. >> i don't think we could have a better speaker under more difficult circumstances than we have here.

he's not in an enviable position. >> reporter: the political reality is it's an enormous loss for him and his party. >> i don't think it's a good thing for the republicans in the house when we basically recede to the democrat senate and to the president who want to spend money and borrow more money with no structural reforms. i don't think you can call that a victory. >> reporter: congressman joe barton voted no on the bill, but still supports the speaker. >> you never are in as good of shape as you could have been when you lose as opposed to winning. but, you know, i voted for him for speaker back in january. i would vote for him again. >> reporter: but when this issue comes up again early next year, it could be tougher sledding for boehner. because the conservative republicans who picked this fight are not going away. >> we should be talking about cutting spending before we start

raising america's debt ceiling. >> reporter: looking ahead, one question will be, who's really running the house? whether the speaker can ever assert real control, or if factions inside his party can keep calling the shots. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> we are waiting to hear more from president obama this morning as the government reopens today for the first time in more than two weeks. the president is expected to begin speaking less than an hour from now. now, the president has already said last night this won't happen again. but the reality is, we're now faced with a new deadline. a team of correspondents and analysts join us to break it all down in the next hour of "newsroom." a confident retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach. ♪

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california coast. a shark swims up and passes under a paddle border. the guy who took this video says he actually went looking for great whites off manhattan beach. guess what? he found one. shark didn't seem to be too bothered, but the paddle border says the close encounter left him shaking like a leaf. remember this meteor caught on multiple cameras blazing through russian skies back in february? well, divers believe they have found a 1,200 pound chunk of that space rock in the bottom of a lake. and they dragged it ashore. scientists still need to examine the rock to confirm if it is, indeed, from space. a ride on a school van turns violent. and a disturbing cell phone video goes viral. it is this clip that alerted police to the bloody beating last week of a 17-year-old student. two of his classmates face assault charges and questions are being raised about how the bus driver handled the situation. pamela brown is following the story for us from new york. good morning, pamela.

>> good morning to you, carol. here we go again with yet another disturbing bullying story. in this case, had the students involved in the incident not filmed it and put it on facebook, the full extent of what actually happened may never have come to light. in fact, police say they were alerted three days after the attack, but not be the bus driver. but by parents who saw the video on facebook. as of yesterday, two students have been charged as juveniles. and the driver could face charges as well. >> reporter: it starts with these two students being relentlessly taunted onboard a van ride home from a pennsylvania school last wednesday. things quickly escalate. watch as one of the agitators suddenly punches a 17-year-old student in the face. the result, a bloody nose and three chipped teeth. the victim's friend claims he was also punched. watch as the injured 17-year-old pleads with the driver to let him off the five-person van. >> let me off the bus. >> reporter: but the 34-year-old driver seemingly didn't

intervene, call for help or pull over during the minute long video posted to facebook. >> i can't understand how he could sit there and see this happen and not put a stop to it. >> reporter: and police apparently weren't notified about the incident until they were tipped off about the video going viral over the weekend. >> i have a problem with a grown adult not reporting it. he has a responsibility to inform his superiors and the police of a criminal act. >> reporter: pennsylvania state law requires bus drivers to pull over and call 911 for help or report the incident to authorities in an expeditious time frame. on tuesday, the district attorney charged two of the 16-year-old aggressors with aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and related crimes. they will not be charged as adults. this is just the latest school bus beating to go viral this year. remember this vicious attack in tampa, florida, where three teenage students beat this helpless 13-year-old?

in that case, the bus driver came under fire when he called for help rather than intervene. a choice he had under school policy. and the mother of that 17-year-old victim told us that her son had been bullied by the students involved in the attack throughout the school year. but she says she's more upset with the bus driver than the students for the fact that he didn't step in to help her son. we reached out to the school district and they told us they are reviewing the actions of staff members aware of the incident to determine if district procedures were followed. carol? >> so hard to watch. just so sad. pamela brown, thank you so much. still to come in the "newsroom," in a series that's been dominated by pitching, the bats wake up in detroit. you are a genius. back with more after this. two : help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology,

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drama surrounding peyton manning's homecopping to indy this sunday. earlier in the week, colts owner told usa today it was great having peyton but in the end they only won one super bowl. broncos head coach john buck called the comments inappropriate. peyton said no comment. >> that's because he has class. >> peyton's dad, archie, one of the 13 people selected to be on the new committee to decide which four college football teams make the playoffs. most surprising name is former secretary of state condoleezza rice. despite never working directly in college athletes, she says she has what it takes to be part of the committee because she's no stranger to analyzing data and making tough decisions. the committee will meet four times starting in mid october and will release rankings every other week. carol, rice also said

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the debt crisis and the shutdown made for some serious headaches but also some hilarious moments if nothing else to laugh to keep from crying. >> poster boy ted cruz headed for -- wait a minute, the microphone is back there. about face. not much saving face, as uncle sam turned around the boat before it went over the falls. say good-bye to all those shutdown jokes. >> our congress today, in case you haven't heard, continued to play our least favorite game show "deal or no deal." >> it's time for let's make a deal. >> there's not a deal until there's a deal. >> get this pip like stevie wonder once said, signed, sealed and delivered. >> lord, we see a faint light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. >> amen. now that the shutdown and possible default are behind us,

in the rear view mirror, so to speak, so are some of those special moments. >> i'm going to demonstrate for the republican side, look at me. i will show you who is responsible. right here. there you are. this is who is responsible for shutting down the national parks. >> what are we going to do without all those weird metaphors? senator cruz was compared to a rabbit. >> he's having bunny sex. >> are you high? >> just hours before a deal was struck, fox news psychiatrist used president obama's tough talk. >> you do not hold people hostage. >> to psychoanalyze the president. >> there's a real victim mentality here. >> when his dad abandoned him, when his mother left him with his grandparents. the president sees himself as victim in chief.

>> it's enough to make your head explode. >> turning the movie "gravity" into insanity with the spaceship labeled shutdown exploding and the voters untethered, floating off into space. the most succinct announcement of crisis diverted was a tweet by pee-wee herman. no government default. 15 more days till halloween. maybe congress deserves a prize for making a deal. >> trip to puerto rico. >> make it one way. why stop finger pointing when you can point to mirrors? jeanne moos, cnn, new york. good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. president obama speaks later this hour. you will hear from him because your government is fully open again. live pictures from outside the air and space museum in

washington, d.c., one of the dozens of national museums opening their doors again for the first time in 16 days. these are live pictures. people really want to get into that museum. the doors may be open but your congress is only slightly less dysfunctional this morning. here is john mccain. let's listen. >> this was a terrible idea. i told you at the beginning how it was going to end. we know if they try it again how it's going to end. hopefully, they won't try to do this again, at least not in my lifetime. >> just before bewitching hour of midnight, lawmakers voted to end the crisis and avert a shutdown. we will soon be doing this all over again. the measure keeps the government funded only through january 15th and the country can keep borrowing through february 7th and it forces no changes in obama care. on this morning after, some republicans are angry and divided. >> i would point out that had

senate republicans united and supported house republicans, the outcome of this, i believe, would have been very, very different. i wish that had happened, but it did not. but it does give a path going forward, that if the american people continue to rise up, i believe the house will continue to listen to the american people. and i hope, in time, the senate begins to listen to the american people also. >> we begin our coverage with jim acosta at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. that's right. what we've been seeing all morning is federal employees returning back to work on the grounds of the white house. one thing we can pount oint out our viewers is that white house chief of staff was greeting those employees as they entered the eisenhower building. we shouted a question about what his message was to those workers. his message was esstially that he was glad to have those workers back. also greeting workers from furlough is vice president joe

biden. he actually had a few choice words about the 16-day government shutdown. he said, quote, i am happy it has ended. it was unnecessary to begin with. i am happy it has ended. he also said at one point, carol, there are no guarantees that this won't happen all over again, getting to the point you were just making, that this continued resolution to reopen the government only carries us until january 15th. a safety mechanism that was built into that legislation requires parties from both democrats and republicans to work together on legislation to get the government running for a much longer period of toim. but here is some sound of the vice president. let's listen to that. >> by the way, i didn't bring muffins. >> he brought muffins. >> now, i'm not sure what you quite made out there. you can see that the federal workers there were in high

spirits. so was the vice president. we should also point out, carol, president obama will be talking at about 10:35 here at the white house. he is expected to really extend an olive branch to republicans. what we heard before the government shutdown was the president pledging to talk to democrats and republicans about a long-term budget agreement. he has vowed to get into some of these issues that the democrats don't like to talk about, curbing entitlement spending. republicans will have a chance to hold him to his word in the coming weeks. >> all very complicated issues that lawmakers will have to sit down and talk about and come to some sort of agreement. jim, the ink was barely dry on the budget deal before the senate raced out of town. those calendar days you're going to see there in red, that's when the house is out of session. nearly two woeks this month and closer to three weeks next month. and in december, look at all that red. the house is in session only eight days.

shouldn't they start cracking down on the next deal to keep this from happening again? >> if only we had perks like that. right, carol? our vacation policy is not that generous. one thing we should mention is these membersrs of congress hav some fence mending to do. look at those approval numbers for members of congress. they are basically down to blood relatives and staffers, as john mccain likes to say. they are even losing some of those relatives and staff members in the middle of all this. speaking of the staff, those staffers will be working on these budget issues while the members are away. and the key conferees from both sides, paul ryan on the house side, people like patty murray, who is on the democratic side. she will be very instrumental in this process ahead. i don't think we'll see as many vacation days from those members of congress. key members will be involved in all of this. keep in mind, carol, the pressure is on. can you imagine if they don't work something out by the middle

of december and we start marching toward january 15th all over again? republicans have a political, practical political impetus here. if they do this all over again, the house could fall into democratic hands. that's why people like john boehner are saying the government won't shut down again because there are too many ramifications that could follow if this happens again. >> jim acosta, thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. long hours and lots of stress for people who work on the edges of congress, those who really do the people's business without fanfare or hidden motives. for one woman, the house st stenographer may have been too much. what happens after that is truly sad and bizarre. >> constitution would not have been written by three masons.

they go against god. >> molly, come on. >> you cannot serve two masters. praise be to god, lord jesus christ. >> lawmakers who witnessed the apparent unraveling of their colleague were shake sbn and baffled. >> i thought it was somebody telling us we had two minutes to vote. i thought it was some official person. that's how she got there. sergeant in arms didn't try to stop there. >> because she works there. >> and that's where she's situated. she went up behind the the podium where the president speaks from. they thought she was going to hand something to the speaker. then they realized. this all happened in about ten seconds. talking to people afterwards who work with her who said she's a perfectly normal, rational person but seemed to just lose it. >> capital police tell us they were able to talk to the woman before she was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. sad symbol of perhaps

dysfunction in our government that's having critical impact on the u.s. economy that lost $24 billion as a result of this government shutdown according to standard & poor's, which also says fourth quarter gdp will grow at 2.4% instead of 3% and small businesses will be dealt with frozen contracts while skittish consumers cut back on spending. all of that for what many are calling a temporary fix. markets don't seem too impressed either. wall street falling at the open while the world markets are mostly lower. monica metka joins me live from new york. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> tell me more about the lasting impact on our economy that happens when you partially shut the government down for 16 days. >> while we have averted a short-term, self-created crisis, we have basically ensured we're going to be facing a much bigger

crisis down the road. and that's because the cbo has been pointing out for many years now that we have unsustainable, long-term debt. we have a spending problem. and the only time in which our democrats and republicans have been dealing with these spending problems has been in debt ceiling negotiations. and what you're seeing over and over again is repeated behavior. you're seeing a lack of political will among politicians to deal with the problems, to make the difficult decisions that have to be made and it really isn't helping us for the long-term future. and regardless of having a conclusion to this messy, almost tantrum-like shutdown we've seen for the last two weeks, we really have done nothing to shore up our economy and our long-term debt. and that's a problem. >> do you think lawmakers realize that what they do directly affects the economy? >> gosh, i sure hope they realize it, because i think

american families have been shoring up their personal finances for the past four and five years. the crisis was devastating for all americans. and i think what you're seeing is that america is one of the richest countries in the world. but we are really behaving like a family that makes $1 million a year, but lives paycheck to paycheck. there's really no reason for us to be in the situation that we're in right now. and it's really a lack of political will and a prioritization over making sound zigs that's bringing us to the same place over and over again. >> i hope lawmakers are listening to you this morning. monica mehta, appreciate you being with us. >> thank you. still to come in the "newsroom" bill signed into law last night didn't just fund the government and raise the debt ceiling. billions of dollars for other projects -- you know, pork --

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your government is back online today. by gosh, that means the panda cam at the national zoo will also be back online. hundreds of thousands of federal workers, the most important part, they will be going back to work today and they will get backpay. but furloughed workers like

federal investigator in california aren't happy because the deal is only for a few months. >> if they're going to kick the can down the road again and extend it through november or december, we're going to be -- you're going to be reinterviewing me again in another month or two. >> maybe, because last night's compromise only funds the government through january 15th and raises the debt ceiling through february 7th. there's something else wrapped up in that temporary bill. billions and billions of dollars in pork. athena jones is on capitol hill to break it all down for us. good morning. >> good morning, carol. as you say, there are a lot of things in this bill that have nothing to do with opening the government or raising the debt ceiling. an example of a few of them, $2.2 billion for an ohio river dam project. some folks have been criticizing minority leader mitch mcconnell because he's from the state of kentucky and this project

affects his state. his office says he didn't ask for this money. other senators did. $636 million for firefighting for the interior department, and $450 million and $400 million for the va. >> some of those things are good, right? like the money for flooding in colorado and veterans benefits. >> certainly. some people call things that are add-ons like this pork. others say it's necessary expenditures that will be put to very good use. you have a debate over that. the bottom line is that this bill, this 35-page bill does a few more things and those are some of the examples, a few more things other than reopen the government until january 15th

and raise the debt ceiling until february 7th and, of course, require that both sides sit down, try to come up with a larger deal that can avoid this crisis once again. >> those things could have been in that larger budget bill, but they don't have one. athena jones, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> still to come in the "newsroom" we're waiting to hear more from president obama as the government reopens today. the president will speak from the state dining room from theite house. we will bring his remarks to you live. cnn analysts break down what the president has to say. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature.

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waiting for president obama to talk about the government shutdown and its affects. he will do this as hundreds of thousands of government employees head back to work this morning after a temporary deal

was reached on the debt ceiling and the funding of the government. but as the signs and barricades come down across washington, the question remains, how do you move forward? because this debt debate could pop right back into, you know, our future in a few months. the president plans to tackle that question later this hour. actually, in about 15 or 20 minutes. will he make that statement from the white house. last night he said washington needs to earn back the trust of the american people after the 16-day long shutdown that almost resulted in the united states defaulting on its debt. wolf blitzer is in washington to take it from here. morning, wolf. >> good morning, carol. thank you very much. the president, as you say, is expected to speak in about 15 minutes or so from the state dining room of the white house. he will be speaking about not only what happens happened here in washington, but where we all go from here. we have a full team of correspondents and analysts standing by to break it all down for our viewers here in the united states and around the world. senior white house correspondent jim acosta, chief congressional

correspondent, dana bash, contributor will cain, john king and chief political analyst gloria borgee eborger. let me start with you. what do you anticipate the president will say? some of his aides are saying he is part of the no glow zone. >> that's right, no spiking the football. partially because he has to start working with democrats and republicans to start working on these budget issues. that is a requirement in the continuing resolution to reopen the government. they all have to come back by the middle of december so we don't have to go through this all over again. what we understand by talking to people from the white house, the president is expected to basically extend an olive branch to republicans to say i'm ready to talk about the tough issues, issues that we haven't been able to agree on in the last several months, even the last couple of years, wolf, since the last debt ceiling crisis. and what does that mean?

that means perhaps a conversation that democrats don't like. that is curbing the entitlement spending. that is really one of the big drivers of the national debt. the president said before the government shutdown, before the nation was on the verge of default that he was basically pledging to have these conversations with republicans and democrats so they can find a way to a lasting sort of budget compromise that could start bringing down the national debt in a major way. now republicans will get a chance to hold him to his word. one other thing we might also see from the president is that he might be welcoming back federal workers. 70% of the staff has been furloughed in this crisis. they were working on a shoe string budget. there are basically four employees during this entire crisis that we saw white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough greet a stream of employees as

they were entering the eisenhower building early this morning. vice president joe biden was at the headquarters of the epa, brought some coffee cakes over to the security desk at that building. and at one point said to a reporter that there's no guarantee that we won't go through this all over again. the president has to make sure that doesn't happen. and part of that means extending the olive branch, shut -- down pennsylvania avenue. >> can work out some sort of deal. the chair of the senate budget committee, paul ryan, the chair of the house committee are to try to work till mid december to come up with a real budget agreement, something they haven't been able to come up with the past several years. how does that work? i give some sort of context. patty murray, of course, voted for the deal on the senate floor. paul ryan, the republican vice

presidential nominee voted against what the speaker wanted, voted against the deal yesterday on the house floor. >> reporter: it's so true. it's really going to be a fascinating dynamic. good news is that they are meeting. people out there think, okay, congress isn't doing their work or things are really messed up and think this is a perfect example. funding the government is a basic thing that congress is supposed to do in the constitution. not only have they been having these crises, funding the government sort of at the end of each fiscal year, but they also haven't done budgets. and this is the fault of both parties, wolf. the republicans haven't wanted to meet with democrats over the past year and a half. before that, democrats didn't do their own budgets for lots of reasons, but primarily because they were concerned about getting hit politically for spending increases. so fault is on both sides. the fact that they're meeting is very important and very note

worthy. however, you're exactly right. these two people are going to be primary players. they do, by all accounts, get along very well. they have a good relationship. patti mur he is also in the democratic leadership and paul ryan is somebody who has his sights on higher office in the near future. so the fact is that he's going to compromise, but i think he's going to have the right in his brain and maybe sitting on his shoulder saying you can compromise but not too much, because if your name is on a big compromised budget, you might be in big trouble with conservatives, at least on the base. >> you're absolutely right, dana. gloria borger has been here. he has been making, as you know, gloria, a major statement now as this deal was worked out in the house and the senate. senate vote was 81 in favor of the deal, 18 against, including three of the big republican names, names that have been for

2016, marco rubio, rand paul, ted cruz. paul ryan on the house side. >> that's what i was going to say. >> to get the presidential nomination in 2016, must you be on record opposing these kind of deals? >> paul ryan's name popped out at us when we were watching this vote. obviously he has to cut this deal. congressman peter king suggested maybe he voted against it so he would have more credibility with the tea party in cutting a budget deal. i'm not so sure about that. i think paul ryan voted yes on the fiscal cliff and i think that was a real political problem for him. and i think if you look at those votes, as you point out, these are potential 2016 presidential candidates. they decided that they could vote no. it would still pass. it would still pass and they would then have some credibility with the tea party. these people are afraid. people are afraid of losing their senate seats.

they're afraid of losing their house seats, being primaried on the right. and this is a real problem. this vote last night was scored by conservative groups like heritage -- >> what does that mean? >> a no vote counts against you. i mean a yes vote counts against you if you're a conservative. so, this was tough for a lot of people. >> i was surprised about paul ryan voting nay. never mentioned obama care in that wall street journal op-ed deal. he was criticized by a bunch of republicans for failing to talk about obama care in that article. yesterday, he went ahead and voted against this deal. >> and i think for two reasons gloria just mentioned. number one, tea party negotiations. one of these challenges, he wants the democrats to cut medicare and social security. it will be very difficult for them to do that especially because of the timetable, early in the election year is when they'll be putting this plan

together and republicans want to do some kind of tax reform that could include revenues. it is very clear from rand paul, marco rubio, ted cruz, the safe vote was no. how does this play out? you have the policy divide between the republicans and democrats. you have the political divide between the democrats and republicans. what about the internal feud within the republican party? speaker boehner survivis yousur but as glory noted, the tea party says let's attack those who voted yes. >> will cain, let's talk about those republicans who voted yes. mitch mcconnell not only voted yes, he put the deal together with harry reid, running for re-election. there's a tea party candidate who is challenging him. how does this play out in

kentucky? >> not only that, wolf, there's the fishy presence of $2.2 billion going to kentucky in pork in this deal. add that on and it looks pretty bad for mitch mcconnell. here is the thing. this is the divide within the republican party. it somehow continues to be overlooked. this divide had very little to do with ideology. this ideology had very little to do with goals. it was only ever about strategy. in a few moments, president obama will come out at that podium. i anticipate while there's talks that he may offer some kind of olive branch to republican, we'll hear a delegitimization. changes to obama care that would offset, also having a negative impact on the economy. the divide was, can you really accomplish that goal? can you strategically accomplish

that goal? the tactic isn't illegitimate. the system was built to protect minority interest. funding power. vetoes. but can it accomplish your goal? that was the divide within the republican party. >> will, everybody stand by. you see the state dining room over there at white house. the president will be walking in momentarily. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, we'll hear from the president of the united states.

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what, about 15 minutes or so? looking ahead mostly, maybe a little bit looking back, but wants to go on now that this temporary deal has been worked out, keeps the government open at least until mid january, avoids any debt ceiling problems, at least until early february. let's see what the president has to say. we'll have live coverage of that coming up. he is supposed to start in a couple of minutes. joining us from the heritage foundation, the director of the heritage foundation's margaret thatcher center for freedom. among republicans, we know the heritage foundation is a conservative think tank here in washington. who emerges, a name or two, as the big winner among republicans and who emerges as the big loser among republicans? >> well, let me say this first, wolf. this deal that was negotiated last night isn't a good deal for the united states or the american people. it doesn't do anything at all to address the catastrophic debt situation. and the united states, frankly, is a superpower on the prec

precipes -- this latest deal doesn't do anything at all to address the appalling situation that the united states is facing today. it increasingly looks like europe, especially countries like greece, spain, portugal, for example, that have been dealing with similar kinds of situation. i have to say, wolf, there have been some individuals in congress, figures like ted cruz, for example, who have stood up on a point of principle, who have stood up, saying america simply cannot afford this huge level of debt and also made the point that obama care is a millstone around the necks of the american people, adding $1.8 trillion of debt to the united states. it's a job killer. it's anti-business. it's a huge tax as well on the american people. there have been some in congress who, i think, have fought on the point of precipes.

>> ted cruz is one you like? >> i think so. >> a winner from your perspective? who is the loser among republicans? >> i think there have been some within the republican establishment who have been all too quick to seek a deal with a president, frankly, who has behaved in a staggeringly arrogant fashion. we've seen no sense of humancy whatsoever from president obama. >> give me the name of a republican who is in that category. >> i don't want to really go into names here, wolf. i have to say that i think, you know, those who supported this particular deal last night have done no favors at all. >> mitch mcconnell, republican leader in the senate now put it together with harry reid. >> you know, wolf, the central issue here that we have to address is that the united states really is a superpower in

crisis here. and all of these deals, backroom deals being cut, like the ones we saw last night absolutely do not address the central problems that the united states faces as the world's superpower today. and i don't think that this latest deal, which as one of your commentators pointed out, is filled with pork as well. this won't bring down the $17 trillion worth of debt. this isn't going to do anything at all to weaken obama care coming in, which frankly is a huge burden for the u.s. economy and for the american people. >> let me bring gloria and john back into this conversation. let's talk about democrats. there are democrats who emerged well from this fight, maybe some other democrats not so well. what do you think is this. >> first of all, there's nothing that has so united the democrats as the republican party this time. okay? they were unanimous in the house, i believe. and when do we ever see that

occur? i think what we're going to look at down the road, particularly as you talk about serious budget and deficit negotiations is a question of now the president. if he decides to move on entitlement reform, where is the liberal wing of his party? where is the left ring of his par party. >> before even raising the notion of entitlement reform, talking about cpi, cost of living index, maybe changing some of those areas. >> grievances as well. add eavesdropping to the list. there's a lot of liberal complaints that have been under the surface because you have loyalty to democratic president. as the second term ticks on, people start staking out their own interest and caring less about the president. winners or losers, the president wins without a doubt here. he did not negotiate.

republicans thought he would blink. the president comes out of this as a winner. however, he comes out of this as a winner who then loses in this political climate. if you go back to what he listed in his state of the union for his accomplishments this year, has achieved nothing. no immigration reform, no preschool for every kid in america, no central bank. he has gotten nothing done. the challenge now -- he will mention immigration, as he has in the past. let's move on some other issues, and it's a challenge not just for the president to try to sell that but go to speaker boehner and say, hey, work your guys. >> to link obama care, knowing what we now know 16 days of a government shutdown and what was passed in the senate and house, basically along the lines of

what the president wanted ? >> only in terms of strategy. you asked earlier, who are the winners and losers in this deal? democrats won and republicans lost. there's nothing in this deal. nile admitted it. there's nothing in this deal for republicans to look at and get excited about. what is it, a conference committee to readdress the budget entitlements? why should i have any sense of optimism about a conference committee we've done how many times over the past several years that's produced what? the only time it produced anything is sequester when everybody is scrambling as fast as they can to undo the sequest sequester. it was a mistake because it wasn't going to accomplish the goal of defunding or dismantling in some small amount obama care. once again, wolf, if nile is right -- i agree with many of his conclusions. $17 trillion in debt. we have to get spending under control. how are we going to do it? these moments of shutdown and debt ceilings provide leverage. they are real, legitimate tools. but separate -- separate legitimacy from strategy. can it accomplish it?

if it could, thumbs up. good strategy. go get it. if it can't, bad hastrategy. >> as we await the president, walking into the state dining room. by the way, we're told mostly white house staffers are in the audience, including a bunch who had been furloughed, lost their jobs over the 16-day government shutdown. dana bash is up on the hill. i have here in my hand this 35-page actual piece of legislation that passed the senate overwhelmingly and the house overwhelmingly. i finally went through it as a lot of people went through it last night, i was surprised to see extraneous issues in this very important legislation. stuff that had nothing to do with the government shutdown, had nothing to do with raising the nation's debt ceiling. why did they include what critics are calling pork in this legislation? >> reporter: i'm glad you asked me that. i think it's important to give context. there have been some illusions to that in our discussion this

morning. if you look at what they actually put in here, there's no bridge to nowhere. there's no bee museum or bike path so someone can go home and cut a ribbon. it's not that kind of pork, egregious earmarks that ended the practice of official earmarks. there is one thing that people have talked about, $2.2 billion for an ohio river dam project between kentucky and illinois that conservatives are seizing on big time, blaming mitch mcconnell, so indicative of the divide within the republican party. democrats are coming to his defense here on capitol hill, saying it wasn't him. it was something that was done as part of the process. regardless, good luck explaining that to your primary opponent and conservative base. other things you just put up, interior department getting money for firefighting. flood damage in colorado, benefits to the va. certainly these are not things needed to reopen the government, but they are a few things that

occur in congress that have to do with funding, that this was a vehicle that some of these really important projects needed in order to get to the president's desk, like floods in colorado. so, certainly, these are extraneous things and should be highlighted and they should be -- this bill should be gone through with a fine tooth comb but not -- i don't think anything that's egregious with regard to some of the really eyebrow raising projects that many members of congress for years, for decades, were able to slip in to these bills. >> i think all these issues may be very, very valid. but the question is, why put it in, in an historic piece of legislation where there's so much attention. and, of course, the drafters of the legislation knew that this would come up. why not attach it to some other piece of legislation? you get that kind of funding through whatever dams, flooding or whatever. >> no, you're right. part of the problem is that

there's such a divide and there's such gridlock on any kind of spend iing that even the things -- it could go back to sandy, hurricane sandy and how much trouble john boehner had getting aid through the house, even though it was a bipartisan desire to do so. new jersey governor chris christie went ballistic, had to pull the bill because he couldn't get that through. gives you the sense that, yes, these are extraneous issues but it speaks to the gridlock here, especially with regard to any new spending, no matter how important or well deserving the project is. >> all right. stand by, dana. everyone stand by. we're waiting for the president of the united states. he will be making a major statement on the deal that passed the senate and the house last night. we'll have live coverage right after this.

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welcome back to our special coverage. we're awaiting the president of the united states momentarily. he will be walking into the state dining room. over at the white house, you're seeing live picture there is. he will be speaking about the budget deal that passed the senate overwhelmingly, went out to pass the house of representatives overwhelmingly much last night, late at night, he signed it into law. federal workers have returned to work this morning. as we await the president, let's get a critic of the president back into the conversation. nile, knowing what you know now, knowing what s&p said last night, standard and poor's, their rating service, that this 16-day government shutdown cost the u.s. economy $24 billion and now the uncertainty of deal or no deal in january, they're downgrading their domestic

growth. greater deficits. all that stuff. was it a blunder for republicans to link obama care to what they knew they were going to lose in the end, which was getting the government reopened? >> wolf, i don't think it was a blunder, actually, to fight this battle against obama care. obama care is vastly expensive. as mentioned earlier it will add $1.8 trillion to the national debt. america simply cannot afford that. it was right that conservatives stood their ground and fought against this. >> excuse me for interrupting now, but you knew there was no way it was going to pass any defunding or delaying of obama care in the senate and even if it were to pass in the senate, you know the president would have vetoed it, requiring two-thirds override votes in the house and senate. as ""the wall street journal" editorial page and so many others said, this was a major blunder politically,

strategically, to go forward with what had absolutely no chance of success. >> wolf, you know, i don't think it's ever a blunder to stand up for your principles. and a lot of conservatives are fought for conservative principles and for the american people here. i do think that obama care is unaffordable for the american people. it was right that conservatives took a stand against this. i don't think this was a blunder. and let's not forget that the majority of american people are opposed to the affordable care act or the unaffordable care act, as it is. and they want to see this repealed. the president has been tone deaf to public opinion. >> hold on a second, nile. let me bring will into this conversation. you're a conservative, like nile. you know that the only way that obama care will ever go away in any significant manor is if the republicans take control of the house and the senate and then in texas to avoid any presidential vetoes, republicans take the

white house. here is the question to you in your political observer, did this undermine that opportunity for republicans to get majorities not only in the house but in the senate and capture the white house in 2016? >> no, no. do you remember syria? are we talking about syria today? the news media has a short memory. the american public has a short memory. do i think this government shutdown will punish republicans a year from now? what would that be? 2016, 2 1/2 years from now? no, i don't think there will be a punishment. >> gloria? >> i disagree. i think, as pollster peter hart said -- he is a democrat, but as he said, there are certain moments when the american public is focused and the american public is focusing on this fight. they didn't like the government shutdown. republicans have dropped in the polls precipitously.

if by chance there's some budget negotiation where everybody ends up singing kumbaya, maybe they'll change their mind. just like other moments in history, i would argue hurricane katrina, perhaps for george w. bush, the 47% for mitt romney. i think this could be a crystallizing moment. >> unless the continued problems with the rollout of obama care make this forgot zblen exactly. >> that's what the republicans are betting on. >> that's where it was a blunder. republicans stepped on their own message about obama care, which by the way now, of course, everybody can talk about. but this has been happening for the last couple of weeks. we've been talking about the government shutdown and the debt ceiling when, in fact, they could have made an awful lot of headway on the issue they really, really care about and that's what started this. >> let's take an opportunity to take another quick break. we'll get to the president, hoepfully, he will be wug into the state dining room

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all right. so the government is now fully operational. you know what that means. the panda cam here in washington at the national zoo is now operational. you can go online and watch those adorable pandas over at the national zoo. it was out of business during the 16 days of the government shutdown because those workers who manned the panda cam were considered nonessential federal employees. panda cam back up. welcome back to our continuing coverage. worry waiting for the president of the united states to go into the state dining room over at the white house and talk to all of us about what happens happened here in washington. the votes yesterday in the senate and the house. he signed it into law late last night.

and now he wants to move forward. specifically, i'm curious to hear what issues he will put on the agenda today as his priority, looking toward the next three years of his presidency. like any battle, the fight here in washington over the partial government shutdown and debt crisis yielded what we're calling winners and losers. tom foreman takes a closer look at who can claim victory. >> reporter: out of the turmoil of the shutdown and threat of a debt default, washington is sorting out the winners and los losers. in pure political terms, the president appears on the winning side, betting everything that republicans would blink first and they did. >> you don't get to hold the american people hostage or or economy hostage in order to extract concessions. >> reporter: harry reid who relentlessly echoed the white house line, even if now he is softening his tone. >> this is not a time for

pointing fingers of blame. >> reporter: on the republican side, conventional conservatives and moderates may have taken a shellacking, pushed around by the tea party and then bested by the democrats. >> this is far less than any of us had hoped for, frankly zplsh swron boehner seems to have come out okay, losing the battle but now winning the war by holding on to his position of speaker of the house. >> i don't like them sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> reporter: hopes of repealing obama care lost that quest along with his tea party pals but reportedly raised $3 million for his campaign war chest. that's a lot of green eggs and ham. getting some credit in the winning column, talking up cooperation even as the crisis deepened. >> i think what you saw really led by a lot of energy created by the women. >> reporter: polls say the public disapproved of everyone,

from the president on down for the handling of the crisis. still in the big picture -- >> the only people that are losing right now are the people of this country. >> i'm sorry, the park is closed today. >> reporter: americans far and wide may have been the biggest losers. >> let us do our work. >> reporter: some pushed out of work. others locked out of parks and federal offices and still more missing out on business related to government. all together it cost the struggle economy billions of dollars. sure, fans of the national zoo's panda cam will be winners once it lights up again, but that money is gone for good. tom foreman, cnn, washington. we continue our coverage as we await the president, right after this. ring ] my turn daddy, my turn! hold it steady now. i know daddy. [ dad ] oh boy, fasten your seatbelts everybody. [ mixer whirring ] good thing we've got bounty. bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller powerful sheet, that acts like a big sheet.

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i'm wolf blitzer in washington. welcome to all of our viewers. we're awaiting to hear the president. he is expected to talk about the deal that was reached last night. budget conferees will be meeting to speak about the bigger issues. we'll be hearing from the president now as he gets ready to move to the next phase of what's going on. the president has his own issues there. jim acosta is standing by at the white house. dana bash is up on capitol hill. john king is here, gloria borger, will cain, nile gardiner. he was supposed to start, what, half an hour or so ago? >> that's right. >> he is running late. that's not unusual. obviously, stuff happens over at the white house. we anticipate fairly soon he will be speaking. >> keep in mind the white house is just getting back up to ramming speed. they had a good chunk of their workforce furloughed during the extent of this crisis. what